The E-Sylum: Volume 8, Number 53, December 18, 2005, Article 12
COIN WORLD ARTICLE ON TREASURY RECORD DESTRUCTION
Andrew W. Pollock III writes; "A few years back E-Sylum
had a fair amount of discussion on the retrieval of 700
volumes of Treasury records c. 1840-1910 that has been
scheduled for destruction because of a lack of "sufficient
archival value." I can't remember if E-Sylum mentioned
the date of the issue in Coin World in which the story
was originally published, but since I've found an
incomplete copy of the original article in my papers,
I thought I'd report the details for those who have
access to a microfilm edition:
Title: Dealer retrieves 700 volumes of Treasury records
Author: William T. Gibbs
Date: May 18, 1983
Volume 24, Issue 1205"
[The topic was discussed in April 2001. Here are links
to the original E-Sylum articles:
v04n21a10.htmlv04n22a10.html
-Editor]